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new york sarkazzem sertinly is a
deadly weapon
it all inost killed a fond pa who halJ;
a mouthful of it "handed to him the
other day
this man has a boy what is threw
skool and has a fine appetite but
' dont show no grate love for wurk, in
fack he has run in to and out of enuff
jobs to fill a book but he never stayed
long enuff to draw more than 1 pay
on eech job
- that-made his old man purtty sore,
you betcher life on that, and so he
goes to a frend of hisn and says see
There i have got a boy at home and i
wood like to have you give him a
chanct to make good for you
: so the frend gives willium a job and
Shy golly willium kep it, and his father
was tikkled all over and say all wil
lium needed was some incurridge
,ment r but the other day he runs akross
Shis frend again and says I am glad
that willium is still with you, lets see
snow, how long has he wurked for you
3j why, replys the frend, about 3 days
fc grasious me, says willium's pa, you
rinust be mistaken, its more than that
i o, i dont think so, says his frend,
'"you see willium has only been with us
'2 months
' oo
r REMINDED
) "When the autumnal frosts touch
' the foliage with tints of red and yel
Jaw against the gray sfcy, doesn't that
inspire you to thought?"
"It certainly does. The reds and
yellows make me think of the job
ahead of me tending the furnace and
the grays make me think of the dust
when I sift the ashes." N. Y. World.
TODAY'S BELLRINGER
" Cy de Vry, veteran keeper of the
animals in Lincoln park zoo, once
had a hyena which was his special
pet One balmy afternoon when "fie
had caged the boast, a young chappie
edged up to the keeper as they stood
near the hyena cage.
"Those bars are too far apart," he
said. "That hyena might squeeze
through if he took the notion."
, "Yes that's what he's laughing
-at," replied de Vry.
TRICK OFT& TRADE
"He is very popular with his wife
of late."
"And him such a flirt! How does
he do it?"
"She called him up the other day
and said: 'Hello, darling,' and he rec
ognized her voice and replied: 'You
evidently have made a mistake; I
am not your darling. I have the
sweetest, most beautiful wife in the
world and she is the only woman I
permit to call me darling!" Houston
Post
NOTHING AT ALL
"I see Prof. Jones will attempt to
cross Niagara gorge swinging by his
teeth to the tight rope."
"That's nothing. I come clear
down from Harlem every morning
swinging to a strap."
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